| Golden time |
ERA |
| Highest of all |
TOPMOST |
| Horses descended from wild mustangs |
APPALOOSAS |
| Island northwest of Oahu |
KAUAI |
| It might follow ''oom'' |
PAH |
| Just beat |
EDGE |
| More than approximate |
EXACT |
| Nasal speech quality |
TWANG |
| No longer dozing |
AWAKE |
| One eager for dinner |
LIPSMACKER |
| Pain-in-the-neck wear? |
BRACE |
| Plan to close out an investment |
EXITSTRATEGY |
| Plied the oars |
ROWED |
| Put ___ to (halt) |
ASTOP |
| Puzzled interjections |
EHS |
| Relocater's purchase? |
ONEWAYTICKET |
| Reverberation |
ECHO |
| Rewrites |
EDITS |
| Roman goddess of agriculture |
CERES |
| Shank, in prison lingo |
STAB |
| Skedaddle |
SCRAM |
| Slow start? |
ESS |
| Solidifies |
SETS |
| Some court hearings |
OYERS |
| Some MIT grads, briefly |
ENGS |
| Tell partner |
SHOW |
| Thickheaded |
DENSE |
| Tuscany ta-ta |
CIAO |
| Vessel in a 1948 Frank Loesser song |
SLOWBOATTOCHINA |
| Voting ''no'' |
ANTI |
| Waist-length jackets |
ETONS |
| Walk of Fame symbol |
STAR |
| Well-done's opposite, in the kitchen |
RARE |
| Where to go through a withdrawal |
ATM |
| Wine vessel |
VAT |
| Word between here and there |
NOR |
| WWII boats |
PTS |
| Youth |
WHELP |